Once upon a time, Mangaka stayed away from social media and remained confined to their editorial universe. But slowly many came out of their shells, especially those who started their careers thanks to Twitter and Co. So, famous authors such as Hiro Mashima, Kohei Horikoshi, Sui Ishida and others began to post regularly.
In the meantime, almost all mangaka, at least the younger ones, have a personal profile on Twitter that is completely independent of the institutional profile of their manga, but is managed by the editorial team of the publisher. but Which are the five mangaka with the most followers on Twitter?? Let’s find out the ranking.
- Kohei Horikoshi from My Hero Academia with 1,893,460 followers
- Hiro Mashima from Rave, Fairy Tail and Edens Zero with 1,766,336 followers
- On the Ishida of Tokyo Ghoul and Choujin X with 1,352,317 followers
- Yuuki Kikuchi of This Crocodile Will Die in 100 Days with 1,097,412 Followers
- Himura Kiseki of Getsuyoubi no Tawawa with 1,044,641 followers
From this list it is immediately evident that there are two types of authors in particular: the first, consisting of the podium, with very established authors who are particularly active in social networks and who have drafts, drawings galore and even insights into the personal Share life; the second, consisting of mangaka in fourth and fifth place, by authors who began to publish drawings on Twitter, and then manga, and established themselves thanks to this social network.
Among the most popular, although not reaching the millions of followers, we also find Yusuke Murata of One-Punch Man and Eyeshield 21 and the legendary Kazuo Koike. Meanwhile, the first in the rankings Horikoshi shared a raffle to celebrate the release of My Hero Academia Volume 31 in Japan.
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